These blues were seen flying on March 09 2005 at the Franklin
Mountains State Park (west side of Mtns, along the West Cottonwood
Spring trail.) :-
1) Lupine/Acmon Blue Plebejus lupini texanus: we saw 4 - 6 in a small section
of the trail with steep sides:
a different individual:
2) This is likely a female Lupine/Acmon Blue. I accidentally trod
on it, but it was still alive; after taking these pics it was
released. Note that the HW submarginal black spots do not have
any metallic blue elements, and the black mark in the FW cell
seems more of a bar than a spot. It seemed a little smaller/more
slender than the other Lupine/Acmons, and was very worn while all the others
seemed fresh:
